Sergio Perez
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2024 F1 Mexico City Grand Prix - Friday Practice - As it happened

A recap of what happened in F1 Friday practice for the Mexico City Grand Prix.

25 Oct 2024
19:41
FP1 back underway

The debris has been cleared and the session is back underway. Piastri, Ocon, Sainz and Tsunoda all take to the circuit.

19:40
The reason for the red flag
19:36
Verstappen

Verstappen had gone to the top of the timesheets with a 1m20.970s, 0.8s ahead of Bottas.

Piastri, Ocon and O'Ward complete the top five currently. 

19:35
Red flag

There's some debris on the start-finish straight so the session has been put on hold.

19:34
Early times on the board

Bottas leads the way with a 1m21.806s, 0.6s ahead of Piastri.

19:31
FP1 is underway

The first 60-minute practice session of the weekend is underway in Mexico.

19:18
A big upgrade on the McLaren

Full details can be found here as they introduce a "revised floor" for this weekend 

The revised McLaren in Mexico
The revised McLaren in Mexico
19:13
A number of driver changes for FP1

Mercedes: Antonelli for Hamilton

Ferrari: Bearman for Leclerc

McLaren: O'Ward for Norris

Aston Martin: Drugovich for Alonso

Sauber: Shwartzman for Zhou

19:11
Welcome

Hello everyone and welcome to the Crash.net live blog for Friday practice at the Mexico City Grand Prix.

FP1 kicks off in just under 20 minutes' time in Mexico.